Wednesday, August 5, 2020

First Catholic Bishop Appointed in Russia Since Communism

[Catholic Herald] Fr Nicolai Dubinin has become the first Russian to be appointed a Catholic bishop since the fall of communism.

Last Thursday, Pope Francis appointed the 47-year-old Conventual Franciscan as auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow and designated him the Titular See of Acque di Bizacena.

Since Church institutions were re-established after the fall of communism, no Russian nationals had been appointed Catholic bishops before now.

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6 comments:

Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosque said...

Good for Pope Francis. It is long past time this was done

JBQ said...

That would be a good place to transfer Cupich and Tobin. Actually, the gulag would be more appropriate.

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Elizabeth said...

What do you want to bet that this man is a flaming "liberal" Catholic? Conventual Franciscan.

Tancred said...

Gaybrielle already have his endorsement, so I’m guessing he’s awful.

Peter said...

This is actually good news, unusual for this blog.